Is man an ape or an angel? Now I am on the side of the angels.

We make our own fortune and call it destiny.

I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.

Great men never require experience.

A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.

Were it not for music, we might in these days say, the Beautiful is dead.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.